Ironing-board.



W. A. ROWE.

[RONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 19-18,

1,275,604. I I .PatentedAug. 13,1918.

1- v if 1:1?5-2 ATTO R N EY UNITED STATES PATENT oumon.

WILLIAM A. ROWE, or SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

' IRONING-ZBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

Application filed February 16, 1918. Serial 110. 21 7367;

and the object is to produce a board 'in which the'table top or ironing board proper will be more rigidly supported when the device is set up than ironing tables of this character as usually made. Another obj ect is to provide a device in which the parts are foldable into small compass and wherein the bosom board may be used or not as de sired.

Other objects will appear from the following specification, reference being made to the drawings, wherein z- Figure lis a side elevation of this ironing board set up ready for use, and

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation viewed from the left in Fig. 1, and

Fig. l is a vertical section on the line :il of Fig. 1, the last two views omitting the bosom board.

The ironing board comprises a board proper or table herein numbered 1, which at its inner end is braced by a cleat 2 along its transverse center, and across its upper side by a rib 3. Over the latter may be fitted a block i which carries the bosom board 5, and this element may be fixed or removable as desired. Ironing boards of this character usually find their principal support from the edge of an ordinary table, herein indicated by the letter T, and such is the case in the present instance. The table or board 1 is intended to pass under the edge of the table top T, and it may be passed under to such an extent that such table top will rest against the block 4. Pivoted at 6 astride the cleat 2 is a pair of jaws 7 which rise through a notch 8 in the end of the table 1 and are preferably connected at their upper ends by a filler 9, their bodies being notched as at 10 just beneath said filler so that they will rest on the table top when the jaws stand in the p0sition shown in Fig. 1, provided their lower ends are swung under the table or board 1.

With this device I use one leg 11 made in two parts passing astride the cleat 2 at their upper end and and the parts are nal Slots at 13.

end of the leg will rest reliably on the floor, I provide it with an extension foot as indicated at'lii The numeral 15 designates a brace pivoted at 16 to the lower end of the jaws, passing between' the two parts of the leg and provided with a pin 17 which moves inthe slots 13, and extending upward bepivoted at '12 thereto, provided with longitudiextremity of the brace is beveled 01f as at 18 to rest beneath the board 1.

lVith the parts constructed as above described and of appropriate material and in the desired proportions, the operation of my device is as follows: When this improved ironing board is to be set up, its table 1 is passed under the edge of the table top T, the notches in the jaws engaging over said top, and the jaws themselves swung inward. This causes the brace 15 to be moved longitudinally until its beveled end 18 slides out under the table 1 and reliably braces the same against swinging movement. This action of the brace causes its pin to engage the slots 13, with the result that the leg 11 is held quite reliably in the position shown in Fig. 1, especially if the extension foot 14 has been properly adjusted. The use of the bosom board 5 is optional. When now the operator bears downward on the table 1 in the act of ironing, the pressure is distributed through and to the beveled end 18 of the brace, the pivoted end 12 of the leg, and the jaws where they clamp upon the table top T, with the result that this three-point support ofrthe table 1 renders the latter extremely rigid so that the principal object of this invention is attained. When not in use the parts are readily detached from the table top and folded into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and therefore the device occupies very little room when stored away.

hat is claimed as new is 1. The herein described ironing board comprising a table, jaws pivoted to one end thereof and notched to engage the edge of an adjacent table top, a leg hinged beneath said table and made in two parts slotted intermediate their ends, and a brace pivoted at its lower end to said jaws and passing between said parts with its upper end resting against said table, its body having a pin engaging said slots.

I11 order that the lower yond the inner end of the cleat 2 where the the same at its head end, a pair of jaws pivoted astride said cleat and notched where they project above the table, a leg pivoted astrid'e said cleat and made in two parts having alined slots intermediate their ends and an extension foot at their lower ends, and a brace pivoted between the lower ends of said jaws and passing between said parts with its upper: end resting beneath said table and its body bearing a pin moving in said slots. 7

3. In an ironing table, the combination with the table top and a cleat secured beneath the head end of said table top; of a Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, addressing the Washington, D. 0.

pair of jaws pivoted astride said cleat and notched on their under side to engage the edge of an adjacent table top, a two-part reg pivoted astride said cleat and leading thence downward to the floor, a brace pivoted between the lower ends of said jaws and passing between said parts with its upper end restingbeneath said table, and connections between the mid-length of this braceand the leg, for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. ROWVE. Witnesses:

T. K. BO MAN, T. F. PARTEii.

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